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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Fraud email example:

From: m_maxwell_eze@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 13:40:16 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Best=20=20Regards?=

BEN WILLIAM CHAMBERS
LEGAL PRACTITIONERS & SOLICITORS
41 MARINE RD. IKEJA-LAGOS
NIGERIA

Dear Sir/Ma

Before I start,I must first Apologise for this unsolicited mail to you.I
am aware that this is certainly an unconventional approach to starting a
relationship but as time goes on you will realize the need for my action.
My name is Barrister Ben William, a Solicitor and the personal Attorney
to Mr John Rains, a National of your country, who worked with an Oil company
in Nigeria.Here in after referred to as my Client. On the 21st of April
2003,my client,his wife and their three children were involved in a Ghastly
motor accident along Sagamu Express road.My Client and his entire family
unfortunately lost their lives in the accident.Since then I have made several
enquiries to your Embassy to locate any of my Client's extended relatives
which has proved abortive. After these several unsuccessful attempts,I decided
to use his last name through the Internet to Locate any member of his family
hence the need to contact you.

My main reason for contacting you is to assist me in repatriating the money
and properties left behind by my Client before they are confiscated or declared
unservicable by the bank where they are deposited and lodged.Particularly
the Continental Marchant Trust Bank,where the deceased has a fixed sum of
Nineteen Million United States Dollars.The said bank has issued me a final
notice to provide the next of kin of my Client or they will be left with
no other choice than to confiscate his funds.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating my clients relatives for the
past two years I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of
my client,going by the fact that both of you has the same last name so that
the said fund as stated above i.e the sum of Nineteen million United States
Dollars ($19m) can be paid to you instead of leaving for it for the Bank,we
can take part of it and leave the rest for Charity.

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this arrangement
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law.Please reply by this email
address above. alternative email: mike_dikko29@walla.com

Best regards,

Barrister Ben William





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